335 
from Somaliland and Southern Abyssinia. 
a. $. Kassim river, Abyssinia, 18 January, 1899. 
(No. 230.) 
Iris brown; bill black ; legs dull red. 
[Common in the lower valleys.—L.] 
297. Francolinus castaneicollis. 
Francolinus castaneicollis Salvad. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. 
Mus. xxii. p. 153 (1893) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 520. 
a. $ ad. Lake Chercher, Abyssinia, 11 January, 1899. 
(No. 160.) 
Iris brown ; bill reddish brown; legs dull red. 
This female agrees well with my description and figure taken 
from the type specimen also obtained at Lake Chercher, but 
the measurements are decidedly larger. Wing 7*4 inches, 
tail 4T, tarsus 1*9. The measurements of the type, also a 
female, are :—wing 6*6 inches, tail 3*6, tarsus 1*7. Mr. E. 
Lort Phillips has procured several immature examples of this 
Francolin in the Goolis Mountains, in Northern Somaliland. 
The species is new to the British Museum Collection. 
[Fairly common in Central Abyssinia.—L.] 
298. Francolinus sharpii. 
Francolinus sharpii Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 164 
(1893). 
a. $ . Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 338.) 
Iris brown ; cere red ; bill black ; legs red. 
[This female Francolin was laying eggs, though still with 
the covey.] 
299. Francolinus harwoodi. (Plate VI.) 
Francolinus harwoodi Weld-Blundell & Lovat, Bull. 
B. O. C. vol. x. p. xxii (1899). 
a. S' . Ahaia Fej, Abyssinia, 7 February, 1899. (No. 
298.) [Type of the species. ] 
This species is most nearly allied to F. natalensis Smith 
and F. icterorhynchus Heugl. From the former it may be 
distinguished by having the feathers of the occiput and back 
of the neck black, narrowly margined with white, producing 
a strongly scaled appearance; the chest, upper breast, and 
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